Are there predictive risk factors for complications after carotid artery stenting?
Bosiers M; De Donato G; Deloose K; Verbist J; Peeters P; Castriota F; Cremonesi A; Setacci C Department of Vascular Surgery, AZ St-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium. marc.bosiers@telenet.be AIM: The aim of this study was to identify predictive risk factors for complications during and after carotid artery stenting (CAS). METHODS: A multivariate analysis was performed on the databases of 4 European high-volume centers regarding risk factor distribution between patients presenting with or without neurological complications 30 days after CAS. The cumulative 30-day neurological complication rate (death, major stroke, minor stroke and transient ischemic attack) was 2.8% in the total examined cohort of 3 179 consecutive CAS procedures. The following risk factors were taken into consideration for statistical analysis: age, symptomatic, male gender, nicotine abuse, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, polyvascular disease, diabetes, restenosis after carotid endarterectomy (CEA)/CAS, calcified inter
